For whatever reason, I'm finding it difficult to sit down and make the time to write. You'd think with no more class twice a week nor the homework required for them, I’d be writing reams every day. Sadly, this is not the case. While I want to blame it on the myriad of other interesting … Continue reading Writing Prompt One
Blog Wordle
For those of you who have not yet discovered the awesome (in the original sense of the word, actually inspiring great awe) power of http://www.wordle.net, you've been missing out friends.Don't worry, I was, too, until my friend sent me the link today. It's never too late to Wordle. Here is what it came up with … Continue reading Blog Wordle
Good in theory, Bad in practice
I apologize for the brief hiatus I've taken in June. Inspiration has been as difficult to come by as the time in which to take advantage of it, if it happens by. Luckily, I find myself with both inspiration and a modicum of time this morning, and so will take a moment to share my … Continue reading Good in theory, Bad in practice
Book: The Sequel
It's amazing how a good idea can turn bad so quickly when the general idiotic public is involved. Perseus Book Group had a brilliant idea: collect suggestions for the first line of a sequel to a famous (or not-so-famous) work. So fine, maybe not up there with the cure for cancer, but a pretty good … Continue reading Book: The Sequel
Word of the Day
Second word I've consciously added to my vocabulary - one I probably should have known a long time ago:Propinquity(Not to be confused with the obscure, one-record-producing, acoustic folk rock band from Colorado by this name; nor is it to be confused with one of the lost songs by The Monkees, also by this name. What … Continue reading Word of the Day
Ode to the sensual book
An article was recently published in The Guardian I thought you all would enjoy reading. It's a wonderful ode to the book and the indie bookstore. Mostly about the book, though, and how it's a complete sensory and sensual pleasure. Check it out here.
Lumberjack to lingerie
I'd like to discuss the versatile nature of the suspender.*Disclaimer: because I'm not British, when I say suspender, I'm referring to the elasticized pieces of material that connect to the waistband of pants, criss-cross in the back, and attach again to the waistband in front. I am not speaking about a garter belt, though I … Continue reading Lumberjack to lingerie
Book Review: Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyHardcover: 9780385342308, $23Intriguing cover. Interesting premise. Snotty British accents. Child narrator interested in chemistry and the properties of poison. Murder over stamp collecting.It all sounds like it would lead to a rompy, well-written, literary, murder mystery of a novel doesn't it? And it almost does, with … Continue reading Book Review: Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Procrastination Reviews #2: The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry
The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie BerryHardcover, 9781599903347, $16.99The second book in the exciting "Procrastination Reviews" series, I picked this one up off the shelf when I was searching for an appropriate book to send to the 14/15 year-old girl in the Odyssey Bookshop's Gift of Reading Program. This is a program where people sign up … Continue reading Procrastination Reviews #2: The Amaranth Enchantment by Julie Berry
Procrastination Reviews #1: The Compound by S.A. Boden
The key to successful procrastination: do something that is halfway legitimate; extra points if you can turn that something halfway legitimate into more work because of its very pseudo-legitimacy. Case in point: in order to procrastinate the three papers I have hanging over my head, I've read two teen novels (for my job, not for … Continue reading Procrastination Reviews #1: The Compound by S.A. Boden
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